Although it is good for a quick scan in Linux, I plan to still use my methods described above for big projects that require hundreds of pages, inserting/deleting pages, pausing for the occasional scanner jam, and so forth; I like the bundled ScanSnap and Acrobat software that runs in Windows, which has been very useful.

The care that went into manufacturing this scanner, securing the software rights from Adobe, then selecting the price-point must have been considerable

If I didn't tell you which scanner hardware was hiding behind each scanner, and I just asked you to rate the software experience with each software package, I'm confident you'd easily say the ScanSnap had the better software.

Other things to note:I've steered away from such horrific software as Microsoft's "Essentials" search addon and Adobe's Acrobat suite

The included software is okay, but not great.

The processing time for documents is quite fast and the software is very user friendly.

Very fast, simple great software included

I actually expected some crazy software with buttons in strange places and options that wouldn't make sense

Snapscan S1500 Great scanner and software.

All the right software

The software is not intuitive, help is not easily available.

After receiving the Fujitsu, I had trouble with the scanner itself and the software was nothing close to the Neat software

The included software is very good.

The software it come is great also it really keeps you organized

Her last scanner was very slow and the software was too confusing for the employees to use

Software instantly crashed my computer as of today computer does not act right

The software is easy to use.

However, having said that I believe the software should work just fine with Microsoft outlook

Also the software doesn't slow down your computer like flatbed scanners

All of the bad this scanner has (ie: No TWAIN software, a lot of proprietary software, etc...) has now been taken care of.

Also may have been fixed as I haven't seen this error in the last month, but ScanSnap software used to hang up in the middle of a scan once an hour, which would also require a restart

It looks as if the software from Fujitsu is just as buggy

The point is that the software is very flexible in creating the folders and cabinets you need

The document feeding is incredible, the speed is great, the file management is good, the file sizes are appropriate, and the software is great

The small foot print and great software sold me.

Small and solid, software fairly good after set-up

The software is user friendly and works well with windows 64bit

Great Hardware, the software that comes with it can be a little bit confusing at first, but great great scanner.

This machine is not only reliable, but the included Acrobat 9 software alone is worth the price.

The software is a bit awkward to use for some tasks, though I haven't bothered to read up on how to use the ScanSnap software nor the Adobe Acrobat software.

Software is great, it will recognize blank pages and re-orient the page to the correct way

Includes valuable Acrobat software.

Fujitsu's software works very good for what it does.

- the software just refuses to do anything other than just save the 1,000 paged document.

The software is easy to use.

I prefer Paperport software that allows you to stack you pdfs and unstack them to order two different scans

In addition, ScanSnap's intelligent software does many things to make this kind of scanning efficient

The included software is pretty good

In the mean time, other scanners I bought during this period have long perished or were just not as good in functionality (paper jams, terrible software etc.).

Unfortunately I find myself today looking into costly 3rd party software to try and automatically sort the OCRed documents that are saved from the ScanSnap

Software is very easy to use and setup.

Flat bed scanners are junk, the software is sluggish and and after being burnt on two of those I will never go back

Good hardware, good software

Be thankful that Fujitsu kept their costs (and prices) down by making a hard choice, rather than pulling a Microsoft and screwing us because they don't know how to write secure software!Keep in mind that I've only had this unit two weeks

The software that comes with it is simplistic and I have established a process that works with it

Software is difficult to use.

The real reason the scanner does not have a twain driver is to force the user to purchase the proprietary software.

Their newest software is fantastic.

The included software is actually pretty good, allowing you to great folders in the software that are then created on the hd and makes browsing via windows explorer easy later on

and then the SnapScan software asks you how you would like to save the file (or there are a number of options)

(VirtualBox is free software that allows you to run any number of operating systems from within another operating system; so when I run Linux, I can run another OS from within that.

The software is very accurate.

I considered the Neat desktop scanner but the Neat software application has three issues for me

The software it comes with is great

These guys must use their product because the software is very smart.

The only thing saving this from a 1-star review is that scan quality is quite good, and other than the aforementioned inability to append, the software is mostly solid

The software that comes with it is very intuitive, I haven't really read the directions yet.

The software with the scan snap is not as veritable as some of the more expensive units but it will do.

Good software.

My preference whenever possible is to install minimal proprietary software and use the stuff built into Windows and my image processing software.2

Software is good

This is blazing fast and the software is so easy to use

The software is user friendly and easy to install

The software that comes with it is easy and smooth to use unlike the stuff that's often bundled with hardware

The software is very intuitive and quite powerful.

The software may not be as elegant as the Neat Scanner "advertises" but overall, there is a great support system where many tips and tricks can be obtained

Not only has the hardware worked like a charm, but the software is amazing as well

Xerox has a very buggy OneTouch software

The software works well, and provides an intuitive interface for the device

Haven't had much luck with OCR, but that seems to be a lack of good OCR software for Linux, not a fault of the scanner.

Software Is very friendly , i have not problem using them.scan quality goodCons:Not able to scan color photograph very well , the problem is " keep getting scan lines", especially background is dark black.

The Windows version of this scanner comes with wonderful software called ScanSnap Organizer, which makes it really easy to batch scan a bunch of different papers (e.g. bank statements, utility bills, receipts etc) and then later on put them into folders or whatever you want to do to organize things.

The scanning software is easy to use and has a lot of options.

They're easy to use, have great software, impressive speed, and great image quality

The Fujitsu works easily, I like the propriaty software that comes with it

Small footprint, fast with excellent two side scan capability, superior software compatibility and user interface is tops

Both work great and have an excellent software bundle to support them.

Still poor software though

this scanner has great software, reasonably fast and is easy to use.

However, the simple work around is to scan to file and then attach/import the file into your favorite software.

I lover the automatic duplex scanning, the auto color detection and the great software (Adobe Acrobat 9) that comes with it

Haven't tried every feature, yet, but the software so far has worked.

Software is user friendly on PC or Mac3

I did not feel as if I were in a huge learning curve to use the scanner or the software, however, I do feel that the software could be a little more intuitive.

The ScanSnap is a highly polished software and hardware combination that just works.

and the software is easy and it organizes in one easy place for me to move around.

The software is not that intuitive, although you can do everything with your document with it

I would have rated this 5 star's except I would like to see it support the TWAIN protocol which would allow it to inter-operate with non-proprietary scanning software.

The software is intuitive and easy to navigate.

The software is very limited, but don't let that deter you from purchasing this if you are looking for a great scanner.

The organizational software is very user friendly and efficient.

Great software

In short, the reason is bad Epson software and horrendously, awful, incompetent support from Epson, while Fujitsu gets it right in both categories.

I tried a Neat scanner and hated the clumsy file system software that came with it.

I haven't quite mastered the software yet, but I've been scanning and faxing documents from my notebook.

PDF scanning software works quite well

It is easy to install, fast to scan, and the software is good to archive and file all documents.

, of course, it shouldn't be a surprise to me that the software is so dumb.

The software is also quite good

It is almost impossible to use the scanner in an office environment without using their proprietary software.

In a few ways the software is less intuitive than the HP but once our people are trained they haven't had any problems

The software which comes with the unit is good (not great) but I have little to compare it with.

Now I can scan within Windows with the Windows drivers, which also allows me to use the excellent organization software and Adobe Acrobat, but still do my non-scanning work within Linux, my preferred environment, all on one physical computer

The software that comes with it also allows you to scan documents directly to e-mail, directly to the printer, to Microsoft Word using OCR (optical character recognition), Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint or to any folder on your hard drive

I have tried all of the solutions in their KB without success (with is basically reinstalling the software, killed that device in the USB area, etc.).So, great scanner, but it has software issues with are the type you usually can't diagnose...

The Fujitsu scanner, in contrast, has great accompanying software, is fast, and mostly trouble-free

I would have bought a dozen of these scanners for my business except that it won't work with the TWAIN compatible scanning software we use

I was surprised, Great software detect your system language and installs yours, and also Japanese is included

Plus, just as equally important, the software is fantastic

Fast, accurate, easy software to use when used with Adobe.

Good software means more productive use of time

The software is (very slightly) cumbersome.

Scansnap software works very well on Win7

Scansnap software works very well on Win7

Further, the device loaded my computer with a ton of unnecessary software, and there was no option to install just part of the package

When I do, the software is intuitive enough that it really isn't a big deal, and is easy to readjust the pages and continue my work.

The software is excellent and has several features

In any event - in spite of how bad the software is and how many times the scanner jambs or malfunctions - I am using it to get things done.

The software works and allows you to organize and store

The scanning software for business cards doesn't work very well.

(4) I then transferred them all to my iPad, where I could annotate them and have multiple textbooks open at the same time by using tabs (I did this using the iAnnotate software).SPEEDY AND RELIABLE.

The associated software is very helpful and intuitive

The software is great too

The software works

I never even tried to use the scanner because nothing is any good without the appropriate software

It's better the Neat only because in my opinion the software is easier and the back up is easier to pull up.

No software issues, which is a great plus

improved software

(software could use a boost - ie joining 2 pdfs

Only one button, but with excellent software that allows you to determine exactly how your computer should handle the scan

The software is great too

I have the Neat portable scanner and software which has worked great - but needed something that had a sheet feed

I debated, and read reviews in several places, before settling on this scanner, without the more expensive software package

Highly advise this purchase, and comes with really good software

In addition, it takes up a small foot print, it was simple to set up and has good customization software for scanning typical documents (invoices, bills, business licenses, etc.

The pdf software alone is worth the purchase price and you get a great scanner.

earlier stated I liked the software, the OCR, the ease of use, and the small size but had problems with it jamming when scanning large volumes

The best is the software, which installs an error message which makes it impossible to use the product: an announcement that I cannot use the MANAGER as long as the QUICK MENU is being utilized

Software allows a number of options that assist in organizing scans

And the ScanSnap software works very well for importing into Evernote.

And the ScanSnap software works very well for importing into Evernote.

(I wouldn't need this if I was all that organized), and found that the $100 Speedy Organizer software won't install on my PC

The software--both ScanSnap Manager and ScanSnap Organizer--work exceptionally well for my needs, and the Organizer includes the ability to do simple edits on the scanned docs before you save them away

The software is terrible

The software which comes with the unit is good (not great) but I have little to compare it with.

The software is easy and does exactly what it is intended to do.

The included software is excellent

The included software does the job well enough, but a scanner at this price range should not be restricted to proprietary software

To start a scan, you just press a great big button--no software clicking to negotiate through; a time saver

The software that it comes with is "smart" in that it allows you to save profiles universally or for custom users, which is extremely helpful in my customers' smaller domain environments.

If there is a misfeed somehow, the software is smart enough to show you the last page that scanned correctly, and this helps you know where to start again

I went to their website & downloaded new software but nothing worked

It does a wonderful t job of just being simple and functional

Although I wouldn't call it an intuitive device (it doesn't work as you think it does - you have to read the manual!), it's a great scanner.

We bought this product for my small business to remove all the paper from the office and its really working as it scans very fax and with excellent quality.

Small footprint too - really fast, quiet and doesn't hog resources on the PC and the software works as it is designed.

They never returned calls or made update contact as they promised

The integration of the control panel and filer application isn't as clean as it ought to be.

Software instantly crashed my computer as of today computer does not act right